Carlos (singer)
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singer, entertainer and actor.
Biography
He was the son of the psychoanalyst Françoise DoltoFrançoise Dolto
Françoise Dolto , was a French doctor and psychoanalyst, famous for her research on babies and childhood. Dolto revolutionized the field of psycho-therapeutic work with babies and with the mother baby dyad....
and the physiotherapist Boris Dolto. He also obtained a diploma in 1961 at l’École française d'orthopédie et de masso-kinésithérapie, headed by his father.
At the age of 14 he met Johnny Hallyday
Johnny Hallyday
Johnny Hallyday is a French singer and actor. An icon in the French-speaking world since the beginning of his career, he was considered by some to have been the French Elvis Presley. He was married for 15 years to one of the most popular French female singers: Sylvie Vartan...
, who befriended him. He was renamed Carlos in 1958, in homage to the percussionist Carlos "Patato" Valdes
Carlos Valdes
Carlos Valdes was a Cuban-born American conga player. In 1955 he emigrated from Cuba to New York City where he played with Willie Bobo in Harlem. He was also known by the name "Patato". He invented and patented the tunable conga drum which revolutionized use of the instrument...
. He then became Hallyday's artistic assistant. From 1962 to 1972 he was Sylvie Vartan
Sylvie Vartan
Sylvie Vartan is a French singer. She was one of the first rock girls in France. Vartan was the most productive and active of the yé-yé style artists, considered as the toughest-sounding of those. Her performance often featured elaborate show-dance choreography. She made many appearances on French...
's artistic assistant, and it was he and Vartan who discovered Mike Brant
Mike Brant
Mike Brant was an Israeli pop star who achieved fame after moving to France. His most successful hit was "Laisse-moi t'aimer"...
, whom they brought to France in 1969.
Carlos was heavily overweight
Overweight
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and had a jovial countenance, and adopted a look similar to the singer Antoine, with leis
Lei (Hawaii)
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and Hawaiian shirts. In 1980, he became a spokesman for the Oasis brand fruit drink, with his song "Rosalie" being used in their television advertisements.
In 1988, he was named the mascot of the amusement park
Amusement park
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Mirapolis
Mirapolis
Mirapolis was a theme park which was opened in 1987 in Courdimanche, in the city of Cergy-Pontoise. It was one of the first French theme parks, and its themes were the tales and the great novels of France. The park was dominated by a huge statue of Gargantua, inside which an attraction, a dark...
, open in the Val-d'Oise
Val-d'Oise
Val-d'Oise is a French department, created in 1968 after the split of the Seine-et-Oise department and located in the Île-de-France region. In local slang, it is known as "quatre-vingt quinze" or "neuf cinq"...
, which quickly went bankrupt. He ran for office in the local elections in Courdimanche
Courdimanche
Courdimanche is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France.-References:** -External links:* * *...
in 1989, but was not elected. He regularly participated in the radio program Grosses Têtes of Philippe Bouvard
Philippe Bouvard
Philippe Bouvard is the well-known host of French radio program Les Grosses Têtes on RTL and TV program Le Petit Théâtre de Bouvard broadcast from 1982 to 1986 on Antenne 2....
and had his own cartoon, Around the World in 80 Dreams
Around the World in 80 Dreams
Around the World in Eighty Dreams is an French animated series with 26 episodes produced in 1992. The cartoon was localized for a Western audience by Saban Entertainment and broadcast in the United States in first-run syndication in the early 1990s as part of Bohbot Entertainment's "Amazin'...
(Les aventures de Carlos), in 1992. He was also the narrator of the French version of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
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(T'as l'bonjour d'Albert). From 2000 to 2007, he directed documentary films for the series Le Gros homme et la Mer (The Fat Man and the Sea), for the stations Odyssée and Voyage.
In January 2008, Carlos died in Clichy. Cancer is generally considered as the most plausible cause of his death. Carlos was buried in Bourg-la-Reine cemetery beside his mother, Françoise Dolto
Françoise Dolto
Françoise Dolto , was a French doctor and psychoanalyst, famous for her research on babies and childhood. Dolto revolutionized the field of psycho-therapeutic work with babies and with the mother baby dyad....
, and his father, Boris Dolto.
Discography
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Filmography (selected)
Film :- 1964 : Patate of Robert ThomasRobert Thomas (director)Robert Thomas was a French writer, actor and film director.He is something of a forgotten man in French theatre and cinema...
: le copain d'Alexa - 1971 : Le Cri du cormoran le soir au-dessus des jonques of Michel AudiardMichel AudiardPierre Michel Audiard was a French dialogue writer, screenwriter and film director. He is the father of French film director Jacques Audiard.- 1940 - 1950 :*1949 :** Mission à Tanger of André Hunebelle...
: Purcell - 1979 : Je te tiens, tu me tiens par la barbichette of Jean YanneJean YanneJean Yanne is the artist name of Jean Gouyé, born the 18 July 1933 in Les Lilas who died the 23 May 2003 in Morsains...
: Condom
Television :
- 1992 : Faux-Frère
- 1992-1996 : Le JAP (Série)
Quotes (selected)
- "À vaincre sans barils, on triomphe sans boire."
- "Pour me sentir bien, j'ai mis entre moi et les gens 10 cm de graisse."
External links
- Official website
- Le chanteur Carlos est mort, Le MondeLe MondeLe Monde is a French daily evening newspaper owned by La Vie-Le Monde Group and edited in Paris. It is one of two French newspapers of record, and has generally been well respected since its first edition under founder Hubert Beuve-Méry on 19 December 1944...
, January 17, 2008